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2. Daniel Caballero

3. Official Email

4. Comments from Frank Magallanes

INSIDE OPEFE

1. Our Mission

2. Acknowledgements

3. Videos of Piranha and Other Fishes

4. Special Notices

5. Ethics of Piranha Keeping in the home aquarium

BREEDING PIRANHAS

MIXING PIRANHA SPECIES

FISH INJURIES AND STRESS FACTORS

PROPER TERMINOLOGY REVIEW

1. Breeding The Red-bellied piranha

1. Serrasalmus sanchezi kept as a pair in the home aquarium

1. Parasite & Diseases of Piranhas

1. Cohabitation and piranhas

2. Breeding  Serrasalmus spilopleura

2. Species Pygocentrus (cariba, nattereri), S. sanchezi and S. maculatus

2. Piranha Repairing Own Body From Bites.

2. Piranha ecosystem, defining a term

3. Breeding Pygocentrus nattereri

3.Species Pygocentrus and Serrasalmus brandtii

3. Stress vs. Piranhas in the Home Aquarium.

3. What is a shoal? Do piranhas really shoal?

4. Breeding Serrasalmus maculatus

4. Piranha Pecking Order In The Aquarium.

4. The Science of Ichthyology, Defining Titles 

5. Breeding Pygocentrus cariba

     

5. Definition of common names of piranhas and caribes.

THE LAW V. PIRANHAS

WATER CHEMISTRY

OPEFE RESEARCH

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

1. U.S. and Other countries laws against piranha possession

1. Cold tolerance of genus Pygocentrus

 1. Collecting Fin Clippings for DNA

  1. ODDBALLS IN Pygocentrus

2. State by State List of Prohibited - Piranha including some local ordinances in legal States.

2. Water Chemistry for Piranhas.

 2. The Fossil Record of Piranhas

  2. WHY IS Serrasalmo (Pygocentrus) ternetzi STILL BEING USED?

3. ODFW tries to change law.

 3. The History of Ichthyology

  3.  PIRANHA CLASSIFICATION MESS

4. Ruling in Oregon Piranhas sets Precedence.

THE SCIENCES, VISITING LABS and AMAZON TOURS

 4. Feeding Seeds to Pygocentrus nattereri

  4. PROJECT: Piranha Mummification - by Josh Barba

PIRANHA NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS

1. LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

 5. Piranha Under Microscope

  5. PIRANHA: Fruits and Seeds In The Native Habitat

1. Monster making, Public Fear of Piranhas, & Image Makeovers

2. PHOTO ALBUM OF SERRASALMINAE FISHES

 6. How To Measure Piranhas Scientifically.

  6. HOW TO ID PACU FROM PIRANHA

2. Frank Magallanes with other topics of interest - JUST PHOTOS

3. PROJETO PIABA - Project Ornamental Fishes

 7. Most Dangerous and Meanest Piranha Available

  7. SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF PIRANHAS

3. Man to marathon swim the Amazon will try to break old record.

4. MARGARITA TOURS, INC. - Amazon Expeditions (.pdf)

 8. A review of published piranha books

  8. FOOLING AROUND WITH EXOTIC FISH TO CREATE MONSTROSITY

4. NewsDay.com Denise Flaim article: Frank Magallanes.

5. PROJECT AMAZONAS, INC. - The Worlds Greatest River

 9. Mimicry and Piranhas

  9. KEEPING FRESHWATER BARRACUDA, Acestrorhynchus - by Tom Lorenz

5. PIRANHA SOUP - Non-native capture of pacus misidentified as piranhas.

6. VISITING DR. WILLIAM L. FINK - UMMZ

10.  Guidelines for a mixed species tank. Why do some succeed and other's don't?

10. Testimony of Frank Magallanes - Against Senate Bill 125 - Prohibiting Piranhas and Caribes in Oregon

7. VISITING ANTONIO MACHADO-ALLISON - MBUCV

11. Catching Wild Piranhas

11. Frank Magallanes and OPEFE history  Various newspaper clippings, and documents.

8. Fishing the Río Parguaza Estado Bolivar Venezuela

12. Body Parts of A Piranha

PHOTOS

13. Wild Piranhas

1. Common photos of Everyday Life

14. Articles Frank Magallanes is cited. See articles on Frank.

2. ARACHNIDS

15. Piranha eggs, Larvae and juveniles of S. spilopleura v. S. marginatus.

VISITING FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS

3. BIRDS

16. Sexing Piranhas

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4. INSECTS

17. David M. Schleser David M. Schleser photos

18. Piranha Die Off See photo here. Photo provided courtesy of Projeto Piaba and Dr. Labbish Chao.

19. PIRANHA BITES HOBBYIST

 

 

20. Body Shapes of Piranha and Pirambeba

 

 

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UPDATE: 08/06/2008